Luke 19 - Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Jesus Visits Zacchaeus

19 He entered Jericho and was passing through. ² There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. ³ He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man. ⁴ So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since He was about to pass that way. ⁵ When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today I must stay at your house.”

⁶ So he quickly came down and welcomed Him joyfully. ⁷ All who saw it began to complain,^(A) “He’s gone to lodge with a sinful man!”

⁸ But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give^[a] half of my possessions to the poor,^(B) Lord! And if I have extorted^(C) anything from anyone, I’ll pay^[b] back four times as much!”^(D)

⁹ “Today salvation^(E) has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham.^{(F) 10} For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”^[c](G)

The Parable of the 10 Minas

¹¹ As^(H) they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem,^(I) and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.^(J)

¹² Therefore He said: “A nobleman traveled to a far country to receive for himself authority to be king^[d] and then return. ¹³ He called 10 of his slaves, gave them 10 minas,^[e] and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.’

¹⁴ “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to rule over us!’

¹⁵ “At his return, having received the authority to be king,^[f] he summoned those slaves he had given the money to, so he could find out how much they had made in business. ¹⁶ The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned 10 more minas.’

¹⁷ “‘Well done, good^[g] slave!’ he told him. ‘Because you have been faithful^(K) in a very small matter, have authority over 10 towns.’

¹⁸ “The second came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’

¹⁹ “So he said to him, ‘You will be over five towns.’

²⁰ “And another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina. I have kept it hidden away in a cloth ²¹ because I was afraid of you, for you’re a tough man: you collect what you didn’t deposit and reap what you didn’t sow.’^(L)

²² “He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said,^[h] you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow, ²³ why didn’t you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest!’ ²⁴ So he said to those standing there, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has 10 minas.’

²⁵ “But they said to him, ‘Master, he has 10 minas.’

²⁶ “‘I tell you, that to everyone who has, more will be given; and from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away.^{(M) 27} But bring here these enemies of mine,^(N) who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter^[i] them in my presence.’”

The Triumphal Entry

²⁸ When^(O) He had said these things, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.^{(P) 29} As He approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives,^(Q) He sent two of the disciples ³⁰ and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. ³¹ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say this: ‘The Lord needs it.’”

³² So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them.^{(R) 33} As they were untying the young donkey, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the donkey?”

³⁴ “The Lord needs it,” they said. ³⁵ Then^(S) they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their robes on the donkey, they helped Jesus get on it.^{(T) 36} As He was going along, they were spreading their robes on the road.^{(U) 37} Now He came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

³⁸ The King^(V) who comes
in the name of the Lord^[j](W)[k]
is the blessed One.
Peace in heaven
and glory^(X) in the highest heaven!^(Y)

³⁹ Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”

⁴⁰ He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out!”^(Z)

Jesus’ Love for Jerusalem

⁴¹ As He approached and saw the city, He wept^(AA) over it, ⁴² saying, “If you knew^(AB) this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden^(AC) from your eyes. ⁴³ For the days will come on you^(AD) when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.^{(AE) 44} They will crush you and your children within you to the ground,^(AF) and they will not leave one stone on another^(AG) in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”^(AH)

Cleansing the Temple Complex

⁴⁵ He^(AI) went into the temple complex and began to throw out those who were selling,^{[l] 46} and He said, “It is written, My house will be a house of prayer,^(AJ) but you have made it a den of thieves!”^(AK)[m]

⁴⁷ Every day He was teaching^(AL) in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy^(AM) Him, ⁴⁸ but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people^(AN) were captivated by what they heard.^[n]

Footnotes

1. Luke 19:8 Or I give
2. Luke 19:8 Or I pay
3. Luke 19:10 Or save what was lost
4. Luke 19:12 Lit to receive for himself a kingdom or sovereignty
5. Luke 19:13 = Gk coin worth 100 drachmas or about 100 days’ wages
6. Luke 19:15 Lit to receive for himself a kingdom or sovereignty
7. Luke 19:17 Or capable
8. Luke 19:22 Lit you out of your mouth
9. Luke 19:27 Or execute
10. Luke 19:38 Luke substitutes “the King” for “He” in Ps 118:26.
11. Luke 19:38 Ps 118:26
12. Luke 19:45 Other mss add and buying in it
13. Luke 19:46 Is 56:7; Jr 7:11
14. Luke 19:48 Lit people hung on what they heard

Cross references

1. 19:7 : Lk 15:2
2. 19:8 : Lk 18:22
3. 19:8 : Lk 3:14
4. 19:8 : Ex 22:1; 2Sm 12:6
5. 19:9 : Lk 1:77
6. 19:9 : Lk 3:8; 13:16; Gl 3:7, 29
7. 19:10 : Ezk 34:16; Mt 9:13; 10:6; 15:24; 18:12; Lk 15:4
8. 19:11-27 : Mt 25:14-30; Mk 13:34
9. 19:11 : Lk 9:51
10. 19:11 : Lk 17:20; Ac 1:6
11. 19:17 : Lk 16:10; 1Co 4:2
12. 19:21 : 2Co 8:12
13. 19:26 : Mt 13:12; Mk 4:25; Lk 8:18
14. 19:27 : Lk 19:14
15. 19:28-44 : Mt 21:1-11; Mk 11:1-11
16. 19:28 : Lk 9:51
17. 19:29 : 2Sm 15:30; Zch 14:4; Lk 21:37; 22:39
18. 19:32 : Lk 22:13
19. 19:35-38 : Jn 12:12-15
20. 19:35 : Zch 9:9
21. 19:36 : 2Kg 9:13
22. 19:38 : Mt 2:2; 25:34
23. 19:38 : Ps 118:26; Lk 13:35
24. 19:38 : Lk 2:14
25. 19:38 : Jb 16:19; Ps 148:1; Mt 21:9; Mk 11:10; Lk 2:14
26. 19:40 : Hab 2:11
27. 19:41 : Lk 13:34-35; Jn 11:35; Heb 5:7
28. 19:42 : Lk 23:34
29. 19:42 : Lk 8:9-10; 10:21
30. 19:43 : Lk 17:22
31. 19:43 : Is 29:3; Jr 6:6; Ezk 4:2; Lk 21:20
32. 19:44 : Mt 24:2; Mk 13:2
33. 19:44 : Lk 21:6
34. 19:44 : Ex 3:16; Lk 1:68; 7:16; 1Pt 2:12
35. 19:45-48 : Mt 21:12-19; Mk 11:12-19; Jn 2:13-17; 8:1-2; 11:45-53
36. 19:46 : Is 56:7
37. 19:46 : Jr 7:11
38. 19:47 : Mt 26:55; Lk 20:1
39. 19:47 : Lk 6:11; 11:53-54; 20:19
40. 19:48 : Lk 18:43; 20:6